Sylvia Andrew

about the author

Sylvia married Simon Andrew, the boy next door, and they have one daughter, Catherine, who is married and works in London. Catherine lives in Maidenhead quite near the river, and they have a small house in Normandy, which they visit whenever they can. They both took early retirement and now live in West Country with their dog and cat, where Simon is an active town councillor in Crewkerne, and very well-known there. They are great travelers — from a shopping weekend in Paris to a three week tour of Vietnam on a bicycle!

Sylvia is a great reader, whose preference in fiction is for thrillers and historical romances. Until she retired she was busy to write, Teaching full-time as vice principal of a large comprehensive sixth form college, while also running a house and a family didn't really give her much time. She never attempted to have anything published before she sent in her first historical romance to Mills & Boon, in the days when the series was called "Masquerade." She was somewhat flabbergasted — though absolutely delighted — when it was accepted. Perdita first appeared in 1991, and she is still surprised at the idea of herself as a writer.

Book List

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17titles

17titles

THE RAKE'S PROPOSAL
No society beauty had been able to tempt Lord Ivo Trenchard to give up the single life. None, that was, until he met an enchanting innocent -- in boy's clothes -- who challenged him to teach her how to kiss!
He watched in am...

Mrs Rosabelle Ordway badly needed a holiday from her London home, and that meant swapping places with her identical twin in Berkshire. But Rosabelle had never been trained to look after an estate, and their neighbour, Mr Philip Winbolt, who didn't ev...

Miss Serena Calvert, owner of Anse Chatelet on the West Indian island of St. Just, was determined to give her young niece Lucy a London Season, whatever the financial privations. But their aunt's health would not permit her to launch Lucy herself, an...

She intrigued him...
Edward Barraclough's happy bachelor existence is thrown into a spin when he is forced to look after his two orphaned nieces. Employing the right governess is vital. Miss Petrie has the girls' support, while he has reservations...

AN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT!
Miss Eleanor Southeran was reliably informed that independence of mind was not a desirable quality in a young lady. But, convinced that she could not love any of the fashionable fribbles of the Ton, Eleanor had so far evaded...

After a humiliating Season, Hester Perceval hid away and concentrated on stimulating her intellect -- since her heart was broken! Indeed, Hester was a beautiful genius who cracked codes and solved puzzles, arousing the interest of a pen pal, "Zeno." ...

Life had treated the Kelland Twins very differently...
Miss Annabelle Kelland was determined to give her sister some rest, and if that meant taking her place in London, sharing a house with Rosabelle's godmother and Giles Stanton - the new heir to...

"Till death us do part."
A solemn wedding vow, and one Lord Deverell's young bride most ardently wishes to bring about -- sooner rather than later! Only minutes after the wedding ceremony Alexandra is brandishing a pistol, accusing her husband of ...

BREAKING TROUGH HIS DEFENSES
When Colonel John Ancroft is persuaded to escort an elderly widow to Yorkshire, he has no idea that the lady in question is beautiful heiress Caroline Duval. Her disguise is only revealed when he happens upon her, her ...

Marriage is a desperate thing...
Julia Marchant had made a fool of herself over Hugo, Marquess of Rostherne, when she was still a green girl. Now he had come back into her life because of a white lie she'd told her ailing father - a lie that led h...

An Honorable Promise
Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash in his promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister before the soldier was killed at the battle of Waterloo. For Miss Katherine Payne was a golden-eyed shrew who took genuine delight in f...

HER ONLY TEMPTATION!
Francesca Shelwood is mortified when Marcus Carne reappears in her life--he stole the most magical, illicit kisses from the young, innocent Francesca! And she swore never to forgive him after being punished for her "wanton" be...

When poor relation Deborah Staunton finds herself destitute, through no fault of her own, she is thrown on the mercy of the Percival family. Help presents itself in the highly eligible shape of Hugo Percival. Could he ever consider her as a possible ...

PERDITA, THE LOST ONE, HAD BEEN FOUND -- BUT WHO WAS SHE?
Was she a pirate's plaything or a more innocent prisoner of the Algerian pasha? Whoever she was, she suited Lord Ambourne's dark purposes. He would buy her from the pasha and make her a...

A nameless beauty on his doorstep Lord Aldhurst rescues a cold, dazed lady one stormy night and now the nameless beauty is residing in his home! He'll shelter her until she remembers where she comes from, but James can't deny how much he'd like he...